About

The development of Protect Baltimore and the HIV Testing Action Kit was made possible by generous funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Category C Demonstration Project (PS12-1201) and collaboration among the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Center for Child and Community Health Research, the Baltimore City Health Department and the Center for Design Practice at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Project Overview

A collaboration between multi-disciplinary MICA students at The Center for Design Practice and Johns Hopkins Center for Child and Community Health, Protect Baltimore is an educational toolkit for health care professional to promote and practice HIV testing in high transmission areas of Baltimore city. By using methods of ethnographic research, design thinking, and rapid prototyping, the team developed a Baltimore specific HIV action kit consisting of Provider HIV Resource Manual, Patient Info Cards, Provider/Patient Conversation tool, Patient Testing Reminders, Wall Stickers for Clinics and promotional materials. In order to get a better sense of HIV epidemics in Baltimore, the team spent time developing an HIV Glossary, creating data visualizations, interviewing several healthcare providers and spending time at the clinics.

Designers

Heejin Suh, Anne Marie Jasinowski, Karen Shea, Daniel Caldwell, Jackie Littman